UK prime minister Boris Johnson has promised £700m (€811m) of funding to get the much-delayed Sizewell C nuclear power station project into operation as part of a drive to improve the UK’s energy security.
In his final major policy speech as prime minister, Johnson said it would be “madness” not to build Sizewell C and claimed that if Hinkley Point C had already been built, it would have cut fuel bills by £3bn.
He said he wants to see eight new nuclear power stations built in the UK over the next eight years and nuclear to provide a 25% share of the country’s electricity generation, up from around 14% today. “Go nuclear, go large and go with Sizewell C,” he said.
In his final major policy speech as prime minister, Johnson said it would be “madness” not to build Sizewell C and claimed that if Hinkley Point C had already been built, it would have cut fuel bills by £3bn.
He said he wants to see eight new nuclear power stations built in the UK over the next eight years and nuclear to provide a 25% share of the country’s electricity generation, up from around 14% today. “Go nuclear, go large and go with Sizewell C,” he said.
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